Republicans

Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Lindsey Graham Was the Face of the Duopoly
15 Jul 2026
The late Senator Lindsey Graham played the role of chief congressional warmonger very well. But many of his colleagues, who spoke in quieter voices, were completely aligned with his support of U.S.…
Glen Ford, BAR Executive Editor
Trump and America’s Fascist Forefathers
01 Jul 2026
Donald Trump is not an anomaly, but the heir of fascism which began in 1776 and continued throughout U.S. history.
Mark P. Fancher
Political Snobbery Delays Black Liberation
29 Apr 2026
The conditions are ripe for growing Black political consciousness, but revolutionary movements must broaden their reach to all sectors and classes of the people.
Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright
Trump’s De Jure Racism Provides Convenient Cover for Liberals and Democrats to Mask Their De Facto Racism
11 Feb 2026
The political theater of condemning Trump's racism serves the function of diverting attention from the more dangerous, policy-based racism that operates with bipartisan support.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
ICE Exposes Democratic Party Irrelevance
28 Jan 2026
The Democratic Party is useful only to the oligarch class, who give them their marching orders. Doing anything that serves the people is never on their agenda. They will not address the ICE…
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Trump Defends the Dollar in Venezuela and Democrats Are Glad
28 Jan 2026
The US invaded Venezuela and kidnapped Nicólas Maduro to defend the dominance of the US dollar. Venezuela had been selling oil to China in China’s currency, the yuan.
Willie Mack
Trump 2.0: A dark mirror into our past
14 Jan 2026
The Trump 2.0 administration is demonstrating the logical endpoint of a state project built on racial oppression. Trump’s actions show continuity with past history.
Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright
Year in Rear View: What the Lack of Principled and Pronounced Opposition Reveals About that US Left (Or, Why Oppressed People Best Watch Your Backs)
10 Dec 2025
Trump’s accelerated fascism is met with the silence of a compromised U.S. "left." Its institutions, tethered to capitalism and the Democratic Party, reveal they are part of the machine they claim to…
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Blues for belligerent blonde Lil Eva Braun
26 Nov 2025
"Blues for belligerent blonde Lil Eva Braun" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Democrats' Treachery Ends the Shutdown
12 Nov 2025
Voter support for the Democratic Party in the government shutdown showdown was irrelevant. The Senate capitulation was a cynical and inevitable endgame for a party devoted to the austerity race to…